‘COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. SUPERIOR COURT DEPARTMENT DOCKET NO. 2009- COMMONWEALTH v. JABRAI JORDAN COPNEY COMMONWEALTH’S STATEMENT OF THE CASE Now comes the Commonwealth in the above captioned matter and submits this statement of the case. This statement is provided to assist the court and is not intended to be a bill of particulars nor does it contain all information known to the Commonwealth at this time. ‘At 4:48 pm on May 18, 2009, Harvard University police received a call reporting shots fired in the area of the “J” entrance to the Kirkland House dormitory at Harvard University. At approximately 4:50 pm on May 18, 2009, Cambridge Police Officer Brian ‘Mushlin was dispatched to the comer of Dunster St. and Mt. Aubum St. in Cambridge, fora report of @ shooting. On arrival, he found the victim, later identified as Justin Cosby of Cambridge, largely incoherent but reporting that he had been shot. Cosby was bleeding. from what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Cosby was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess hospital, where he later died. A trail of blood fed down Dunster St. toward the area where the shots were reported. A bloody work shirt with a Sunoco Jogo was found near the victim. Wrapped in that shirt was approximately four ounces of a green leafy substance believed by police officers to be marijuana.‘Though the victim had his cellular phone on his person immediately prior t0 his being shot, and made call from that phone, when the victim's clothing and personal effects were examined at the hospital, no cell phone was found an the vietim, nor was any phone recovered from the scene of the shooting. Records corresponding to the victim's cellular telephone revealed that he had made severa) calls immediately prior to bis being shot and officers traced the phone number Cosby had called to Jabrai Jordan Capney, New York resident who frequently visited the Harvard campus, and was known to be on campus on the day of the shooting. Cambridge and State Police developed information that Copney had arranged to buy marijuana from Justin Cosby that day. 'At the time of scheduled drug purchase, the defendant was accompanied by two other males, at least one of whom had arrived from New York that same day. One of these individuals was identified through police investigation as Blayn Jiggetts of New York. Jiggetts has been charged with Murder in the Cambridge Distriet Court, and has refused to waive rendition from New York at this time. Jiggetts and Copney were both determined to have fled the state immediately after the murder took place. Police investigation discovered that Jabrai Jordan Copney had indicated to 2 witness that the marijuana purchase was arranged 10 take place in the basement of Kirkland House. Subsequent police investigation revealed that Copney and Tiggetts never intended to pay for the marijuana, and instead intended to rob Cosby. That same investigation revealed that Copney had been observed leaving the “I” entryway immediately after the sound of shots being fired, and that he was earrying a pisto) in his ‘hand at the time. A gun was later recovered which police were able to determine had. been in the possession of Jabrai Jordan Copney immediately after the murder, That gun,2.9 mm semiautomatic pistol, was the same caliber as casings found at the scene close. ‘Also recovered was a jacket that was identified as worn by Copney that same day was recovered by police. State Police chemi: sts subsequently tested the defendant’s jacket and found that it tested positive for gunshot residue. Dated: July 22, 2009 By: Respectfully Submitted For the Commonwealth GERARD T. LEONE. JR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY Assistant District Attomey Middlesex District Attomey’s Office 15 Commonwealth Avenue Woburn, MA 01801 Tel: (781) 897-6700 BBO Nos. 564059